Will I Need a Software Firewall?
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Posted by JB on July 18, 2006, 2:59 am
Please log in for more thread options This week I will be getting 768/128 dsl and will be using a Zoom X5 modem/router with NAT and NAPT capability. My main box is running Win XP and a Win ME box is on a LAN. I will eventually add a wireless access port. Apparently I can have both machines on the internet simultanously in the NAPT mode. This supposedly gives "good" firewall protection. Would a software firewall give me any increased security or is it redundant? Thank you. Mike | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bert Hyman on July 18, 2006, 9:03 am
Please log in for more thread options highlinex@yahoo.com (JB) wrote in If nothing else, a software firewall can prevent applications running on your PC from initiating outbound network connections without you knowing about it. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Frankster on July 18, 2006, 9:06 am
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Use the one built-into XP, if anything. -Frank > This week I will be getting 768/128 dsl and will be using a Zoom X5
> modem/router with NAT and NAPT capability. > > My main box is running Win XP and a Win ME box is on a LAN. I will > eventually add a wireless access port. > > Apparently I can have both machines on the internet simultanously in the > NAPT mode. This supposedly gives "good" firewall protection. > > Would a software firewall give me any increased security or is it > redundant? > > Thank you. > > Mike > > > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by JB on July 18, 2006, 5:48 pm
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I was under the impression the XP firewall does not block outbound transmissions so am more inclined to go for a third-party FW. Thanks for your input. > Use the one built-into XP, if anything.
> > -Frank > >> This week I will be getting 768/128 dsl and will be using a Zoom X5
>> modem/router with NAT and NAPT capability. >> >> My main box is running Win XP and a Win ME box is on a LAN. I will >> eventually add a wireless access port. >> >> Apparently I can have both machines on the internet simultanously in the >> NAPT mode. This supposedly gives "good" firewall protection. >> >> Would a software firewall give me any increased security or is it >> redundant? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >
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Posted by Frankster on July 19, 2006, 11:17 am
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>I was under the impression the XP firewall does not block outbound
>transmissions so am more inclined to go for a third-party FW. > > Thanks for your input. You're welcome. Have fun. -Frank | ||||||||||||||||
> redundant?